Students pursuing the alternate track to fulfill the foreign language requirement must choose one of the following clusters at the time of petitioning. Required: 2 courses from the same regional cluster or 1 semester of study in the region and 1 class from the same region cluster. Changes to your program must be approved by the Academic Standing Committee. Students should contact the Center for Student Success with questions about the eligibility of courses not listed below.
Courses offered 2025-26 Academic Year
Table of Contents
- African Cluster
- Ancient/Classics Cluster
- Asian Cluster
- European Cluster
- Latin American/Caribbean Cluster
Key to symbols
Courses offered 2025-26 Academic Year
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| * | Offered in Fall 2025 Only |
| ** | Offered in Spring 2026 Only |
| *** |
Offered in both Fall and Spring Semesters |
| + |
Indicates the course has a pre-requisite or enrollment limits |
African Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| *AFS 131 | Introduction to African Studies |
| **AFS 246 | Human Rights Policy in the Caribbean |
| AFS 250 | Topic: Vodou in the Diaspora |
| *AFS/Music 251 | Topic: Alter Egos and Black Feminism |
| +AFS/Econ 256 | African Economic History and Development |
| **AFS/Hist 262 | Africa: Fiction, History, Memory |
| *AFS/Hist 272 | African Hist. & Society from 1880 |
| +AFS/Music 318 | Africana Music: Juju to Hip-Hop |
| *AFS/Hist 373 | Hist Sub Sahara Africa in 20th Cent |
| **Art History 240 | Arts of African Diaspora |
| **Hist 103 | Europe, Africa, and Asia: 1750–1900 |
| *Hist 208 | Islamic History 600–1500 |
| Hist 271 | African History and Society to 1880 |
| Hist 371 | Modern African Environments: History, Ecology and People |
| ***Music 102 | Cultural Perspectives on Music |
| **Phil 240 | World Philosophy |
| **Rel 270 | Introduction to Islam |
| Rel 272 | Islam in the Modern World |
One semester of study in Africa
Ancient/Classics Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| +*Art History/Classics 201 | Arts of Ancient Greece & Rome |
| *Classics 103 | Gods & Heroes, Death & Desire: Great Books of Ancient Greece & Rome |
| Classics 122 | Survey of Roman Civilization |
| **Classics 130 | Classical Mythology |
| +Classics/ANTH 210 | Civilizing the Barbarians? |
| +**Classics/ANTH 214 | Celts: Ancient and Modern |
| Classics/WGS 240/340 | Gender & Sexuality in Ancient Greece |
| Classics 251 | Greek History |
| Classics/Hist 252 | Roman History |
| Classics/ANTH 255 | The Ancient Mediterranean: Trade, Art, and Colonial Encounters |
| **Classics 264 | Ancient Tragedy |
| Classics 280 | Constructions of Race in Greco-Roman Antiquity and Their Legacy |
| +*Classics/ANTH 345 | Inequality in the Ancient World |
| *Classics/Phil 205 | Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
| **Rel 205 | Hist, Lit, Rel of New Testament |
| **Rel 267 | Medieval Christianity in the West |
One semester of study in Athens, Florence, or Rome
Asian Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| +**Anth/AS 229/329 | Tourism and Culture in China |
| ***Art History/AS 131 | Introduction to Asian Art |
| Art History/AS 234 | Art of China |
| Art History/AS 235 | Chinese Painting and Aesthetics |
| **AS 110 | Japanese Culture & Society |
| **AS 111 | Chinese Culture & Society |
| AS 115 | Race, Power and Sex |
| *AS 227/327 | Folktales and Fairy Tales |
| **AS 242/324 | Real & Imagined: Past, Present, & Future Japanese Heroes |
| AS 253/353/REL 253 | Japanese Rel., Myth, Folklore in Visual Media |
| *AS 247 | What is REAL? Extraordinary Fiction in Japan and the World |
| AS 255/355 | Coming of Age in East Asian Literature & Film |
| *CIMS 284 | Arab Film |
| +**Hist 103 | Europe, Asia, Africa: 1750–1900 |
| *Hist 208 | Islamic History 600–1500 |
| Hist 222 | East Asia from 1800 |
| Hist 223 | Modern China |
| *Hist 224 | Modern Japan |
| +Hist 325 | Tokugawa Japan: 16th–19th Century |
| +Hist 330 | Ottoman Empire: 1300–1923 |
| **Music 102 | World Music |
| Phil 216 | Classical Chinese Philosophy |
| **Phil 240 | World Philosophy |
| +*Phil 366 | TOPIC: Zhuangzi |
| Rel 247 | Introduction to Religions of South Asia |
| **Rel 270 | Introduction to Islam |
| **Rel 272 | Islam in the Modern World |
| Rel 362 | Violence/Nonviolence: Global Perspectives |
| Soc 243 | Chinese Diaspora |
One semester of study in Asia
European Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ***Art History 125 | Survey of Western Art |
| +*Art History/Classics 201 | Arts of Ancient Greece & Rome |
| +**Art History 202 | Medieval Art |
| +*Art History 210 | 20th Century European Painting |
| +Art History 303 | Art of the Italian Renaissance |
| +*Art History 307 | Baroque Art Caravaggio and Vermeer |
| *GER/CIMS 235 | The Holocaust through Film |
| *GER/CIMS 259 | Gaming, Why We Play |
| **GER 269 | Colonialism as a European Project |
| *GER/CIMS 274 | Nazi Cinema: Propaganda and Film |
| **GER 275 | Science & Fiction |
| +*Hist 105 | Age of Discovery |
| Hist 207 | The Spanish Inquisition |
| Hist 216 | Modern Russia and the Soviet Union |
| *Hist 218 | Modern Germany |
| +Hist 311 | Medieval Europe |
| +Hist 313 | Renaissance and Reformation |
| +Hist 314 | Early Modern Europe: 1555–1750 |
| +*Hist 316 | Transformation in 19th Century Europe |
| *Hist 318 | Europe 1914–1945 |
| +**Hist 319 | Europe since 1945 |
| +*IDS 350/Phil 366 | Topic(s): Marx’s Capital |
| Italian 250 | Modern Italy: 1860–Present |
| Italian 260 | Italian Culture |
| Italian 275 | Dante’s Comedy: The Poem, The Pilgrim, The Prophet |
| Italian 285 | Italy in World War II: Cinema and Novel |
| ***Music 101 | Intro to Music Listening |
| +**Music 210 | Musicology I |
| +*Music 211 | Musicology II |
| Phil 207 | Early Modern European Philosophy |
| **Phil 208 | Kant and 19th Century European Philosophy |
| +Pol 262 | European Union Politics |
| +Pol 304 | Topics in Comparative Politics Europe and the EU Issues in Middle East Politics Comparative Public Policy European Political Parties Politics Global Regions: Europe Comparative Civil – Military Politics of Sexuality Controversies - Pol of Europe |
One semester of study in Europe (Does not include Ireland or UK).
Latin America/Caribbean Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| *AFS 132 | Intro to Caribbean Studies |
| AFS 236/LAS 223 | Mapping Caribbean Identities |
| **Hist 206 | Spain and the New World |
| Hist 260/360 | Topics in Latin American History |
| **LAS 140 | Introduction to Latin America: Social Sciences |
| LAS 147 | Introduction to Latin American Cultural Studies |
| LAS/Anth 232 | Precolumbian Civilizations of Mesoamerica |
| **LAS/Music 251 | TOPICS: Music of Latin America. Music of the Caribbean |
| *LAS/Hist 261 | Colonial Latin American History |
| **LAS/Soc/PP 262 | Social Development in Latin America |
| **LAS 263/Hist 262 | Modern Latin American History |
| **LAS 276 | Social & Political Problems: The Case of Mexico |
| LAS 300 | Topics in Latin American Studies |
| +*LAS/Soc 331 | Reinventing Latin American Societies |
| **Music 102 | World Music |
| **Music 215 | Music of Latin America |
| **Music/LAS 251 | TOPIC: Music of Latin America |
| Phil 215 | Latin American & Caribbean Philosophy |
| Rel 226 | Native American Religious Traditions |
| Soc 102 | Intro to Soc: Spec Focus-Film |
| Soc/LAS 231/331 | Political Sociology of Latin America |
| Soc/LAS/PP 267 | Politics and Society in Latin America: The Case of the Dominican Republic |
| Soc/LAS/PP 276 | Social and Political Problems: The Case of Mexico |
One semester of study in Latin America/The Caribbean.